Terry F. Pettijohn, II

Institution

Coastal Carolina University

Current Position

Associate Professor of Psychology

Highest Degree

Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Georgia, 1999

Terry F. Pettijohn is an associate professor of psychology at Coastal Carolina University. As an undergraduate, he attended The Ohio State University, where he earned his B.S. in 1995. He attended the University of Georgia for graduate studies, obtaining his M.S. in 1997 and receiving his Ph.D. in social psychology in 1999.

Professor Pettijohn's current research interests include:

• Close relationships: Attraction, intimacy, commitment, satisfaction

• Emotions: Love, trust, jealousy, happiness, embarrassment

• Facial and body feature preferences and measurement

• Instructional Technology Methods

He is a member of the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

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Primary Interests:

Close Relationships

Emotion, Mood, Affect

Intergroup Relations

Internet and Virtual Psychology

Interpersonal Processes

Life Satisfaction, Well-Being

Person Perception

Sexuality, Sexual Orientation

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